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Record Nr.

UNINA9910222235903321

Titolo

The roots of environmental consciousness : popular tradition and personal experience / / edited by Stephen Hussey and Paul Thompson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2000

ISBN

1-280-31805-8

0-203-47111-3

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (viii, 226 pages)

Collana

Routledge studies in memory and narrative ; ; 6

Altri autori (Persone)

HusseyStephen <1967->

ThompsonPaul <1935->

Disciplina

363.705

Soggetti

Environmentalism

Environmental sciences

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Notes on contributors; INTRODUCTION: THE ROOTS OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSCIOUSNESS; 1 THE ENGLISH, THE TREES, THE WILD AND THE GREEN; 2 ANIMALS, CHILDREN AND PEASANTS IN TUSCANY; 3 NARRATING NATURE; 4 WHEN THE WATER COMES; 5 'OUR LAND IS OUR ONLY WEALTH'; 6 USING COMMUNITY MEMORY AGAINST THE ONSLAUGHT OF DEVELOPMENT; 7 SIGNS OF THINGS TO COME; 8 THE ENVIRONMENTAL MOVEMENT IN KAZAKSTAN; 9 PATHS TO ECOFEMINIST ACTIVISM; 10 PATHWAYS TO THE AMAZON; REVIEWS; 'Not otherwise touchable somehow': ecocriticism and literature Jeff Wallace; Archetypal history: Simon Schama's Landscape and Memory Name index; Subject index

Sommario/riassunto

This book examines the roots of contemporary environmental consciousness and action in terms of both popular experience and tradition. A wide range of geographical and thematic case-studies explore the myth, tradition and collective memory that shape our environmental thought. Containing a wealth of empirical source material, this book will be invaluable for sociologists and historians alike.